Bethanchok Rural Municipality

Bethanchok is a Rural municipality located within the Kavrepalanchowk District of the Bagmati Province of Nepal. The municipality spans 101 km2 of area, with a total population of 16,777 according to a 2011 Nepal census.

On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures. The previous Chyamrangbesi, Dhungakharka, Chalal Ganeshsthan, Chyasing Kharka and Bhugdeu Mahankal VDCs were merged to form Bethanchok Rural Municipality. Bethanchok is divided into 6 wards, with Dhungakharka declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Bethanchok Rural Municipality had a population of 16,777. Of these, 52.5% spoke Tamang, 43.7% Nepali, 2.5% Newar, 1.1% Magar and 0.1% other languages as their first language.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 52.9% were Tamang, 24.9% Hill Brahmin, 7.8% Chhetri, 7.0% Newar, 3.3% Magar, 2.3% Kami, 0.9% Damai/Dholi, 0.4% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.1% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.1% Thakuri and 0.2% others.

In terms of religion, 52.7% were Buddhist, 46.2% Hindu, 0.8% Christian and 0.3% others.

In terms of literacy, 67.5% could read and write, 2.4% could only read and 30.0% could neither read nor write.